Vintage Purses book leather purse bag handbag venetian

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Subject: Books on Collecting Features: Illustrated Exterior Color: Brown Style: Shoulder Bag Type: Reference Book Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Publication Year: 2004 Topic: Clothing Format: Hardcover Special Attributes: Illustrated Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd Brand: Schiffer Department: Women Author: Lynell K. Schwartz UPC: 9780764319037 Type of Item: Book Exterior Material: Leather Language: English gtin13: 9780764319037

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Collector Bookstore Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCH-2004-0764319035-WH3 Vintage Purses At Their Best by Lynell Schwartz ISBN: 9780764319037 Book Title: Vintage Purses At Their Best: Revised 2nd Edition With Price Guide Author: Lynell K. Schwartz Binding: Hard Cover Copyright: 2004 Pages: 160 Size: 8.5 x 11 in. The beautiful diversity of high quality vintage purses is presented here through a friendly and informative text and hundreds of clear color photographs. Chosen from among the leading private, dealer and museum collections, these primarily nineteenth and twentieth century purses are among the finest glass and metal beaded, metal mesh, tapestry, embroidered, plastic, and home-crafted examples known. Also, purse frames, specialty vanity, dance, childrens' and curious styles are featured. Catalogs, advertising, trade cards and original drawings along with histories of the leading manufacturers such as Bliss, Napier, Whiting & Davis and Mandalian are included to anchor the purses in their period histories. The enormous amount of hand work accomplished at these companies and the excellent materials used in their construction are seen as reasons for the purses' continuing beauty decades later. This book will delight all fashion enthusiasts as it reflects all the art styles of the decades through purses. And the updated values reflect the collectors' market today. This book will delight all fashion enthusiasts. The price guide reflects the collectors' market today. (Description generated 2025-02-21) 419a952005b9e5177c5c30ee87f21df1